Heddle frame



Dec; 4, 1951 SUCHKE v 2,577,693

HEDDLE FRAME Filed March 28, 1949 FIG-3..

a FIG.

INVENTOR. FREDERICK M.SUCH KE A TTORNEY Patented Dec. 4, 1 951.

UNITED Es PAT oFFiicE HEDDLE Frederick Max. S "u'chke,v Atlanta, Ga., assignois to Pi'on'eenH'edtileand Reed Company, Incorporate'd', Atlanta, Ga., a corp'orationaofi Gieorgiasl Application MarcE' 28, 1949 SbrialNo. .KZLSLIIDv My invention, relates. to. an improvement in heddle: frames andparticularlyto the means of supporting the heddle bars intermediate of their length from the top and bottom'cross members of the frame in such a manner as to permit the heddle bars to be dismounted for threading the heddles thereon and to permit the latter to be bunched together as may be desired. For these purposes it consists of a construction of hangers for the heddle bars and in the means for connecting the hangers with the cross members of the frame.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which corresponding parts are indicated by corresponding marks of reference:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a heddle frame having my invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a detail in front elevation of a hanger and those parts associated therewith.

Fi ure 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the stirrup, the hanger hook and the hanger clip according to this invention, such parts being separated for purposes of illustration.

The heddle frame comprises the top and lower cross members I and 2 and the side members 3 holding them apart and is of the usual construction. Across the top and bottom of the frame are the heddle bars 4 and 5 also of the usual construction.

Inset in a channel in the inner edge of each cross bar is a track member 6. As the construction at the two ends of the frame is similar that at the top will be only described in detail. The track member 6 is of sheet metal and has its exposed edge bent out and upwardly to form a shoulder 611 on one side. Sliding on the track thus formed is a metal stirrup 1 having the ends of its central portion la bent upwardly and perforated or apertured as at lb to fit snugly over the track thus formed on the lower edge of the track member. The perforation or aperture at lb may be advantageously connected with the top of such ends by a restricted passage 10. The middle portion of the stirrup has fastened therein the upper part of a stem of a hanger hook 8, the lower body of which is flattened and is formed into a hook 8b opening on its front side to receive the heddle bar. The upper end of the stem of the hanger hook is secured to the central portion la of the stirrup by swaging or otherwise forming a head thereon.

Slidingly mounted on the shank of the hanger 8 below its attachment to the stirrup is the heddle 4 Claims. (Cl. 139-923 2- bar clip" 9 consistingofi a' hori'zontali fiat portion 905 and" having downwardly" bent ends; 9b,. 9b loca'tedon the opposite sidesof the flattened portion of the hanger hook, each of such ends having a notch on its lower end located in line with the base of the hook in the hanger.

To maintain the parts in alignment a rivet l0 passes through the flattened portion of the hook and through slots 9d in the bent ends of the clip, both ends of the rivet being enlarged or headed for this purpose.

A spring II is interposed between the middle of the clip 9 and acts to depress the latter on the stem of the hook.

With this construction and with the stirrup mounted on the track the clip 9 may be pressed on the stem of the hanger hook, permitting the heddle bar to be inserted in the hook of the hanger. On releasing the clip the spring will shove the clip so that the heddle bar will be held between the bottom of the hook and the notches in the clip while permitting the hanger and the holder to slide in respect thereto lengthwise of the hanger track.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination of a heddle frame including cross members and heddle bars therein, tracks on the inside of the cross members of the frame, a stirrup having its ends bent in respect to its central portion and having apertures to receive a track, a hanger hook having a stem and a flattened body fastened to the central portion of the stirrup adapted to receive a heddle bar, and a clip having its central portion movably mounted on the stern of the hanger hook and having its ends bent down along the outside of the hanger hook, said ends being notched to engage the edge of a heddle bar.

2. The combination of a heddle frame including cross members and a heddle bar therein. tracks on the inside of the cross members of the frame, a stirrup having its ends bent in respect to its central portion and having apertures to receive a track, a hanger hook having a stem and a flattened body fastened to the central portion of the stirrup adapted to receive a heddle bar, a clip having its central portion movably mounted on the stem of the hanger hook and.v

having its ends bent down along the outside of the hanger hook, said ends being notched to engage the edge of a heddle bar, a rivet passing through the body of the hook and the downwardly bent ends of the clip, one of said parts being slotted to receive the rivet.

3. The combination of a heddle frame including cross members and a heddle bar therein, tracks on the inside of the cross members of the frame, a stirrup having its ends bent in respect to its central portion and having apertures to receive a track, a hanger hook having a stem and a flattened body fastened to the central por-- tion of the stirrup adapted to receive a heddle bar, a clip having its central portion movably mounted on the stem of the hanger hook and having its ends bent down along the outside of the hanger hook, said ends being notched to engage the edge of a heddle bar and a spring interposed between the central portion of the stirrup and hook.

4. The combination of a heddle frame including cross members and a heddle bar therein, tracks on the inside of the cross members of the frame, a stirrup having its ends bent in respect to its central portion and having apertures to receive a track, a hanger hook having a stem and a flattened body fastened to the central portion of the stirrup adapted to receive a heddle bar, a V

,4 clip having its central portion movably mounted on the stem of the hanger hook and having its ends bent down along the outside of the hanger hook, said ends being notched to engage the edge of a heddle bar, a rivet passing through the body of the hook and the downwardly bent ends of the clip, one of said parts being slotted to receive the rivet and a spring interposed between the central portion of the stirrup and hook.

FREDERICK MAX SUCHKE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,866,908 Robertson July 12, 1932 1,971,084 Spencer Aug. 21, 1934 2,078,897 Kasper Apr. 27, 1937 2,082,480 Carr June 1, 1937 2,358,288 Holt Sept. 12, 194A 

